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Video Critical thinking skills

No man is an Listen to language and intonation to infer a
UNIT 1    Gathering island speaker’s attitude

Page 7 Apply the theories you encounter to other situations

Campus environment
l  Discussions: Three meetings
Sociology
l  Seminar discussions: Getting from you and me, to we

Reality TV: The Identify key information in an argument you’re

UNIT 2     Games harsh reality listening to

Page 17 Select key information to include in notes and

Media studies summaries

l  Guest lecture: Video games: lessons for life

Economics
l  Student presentations: Game theory

Retro-volution Organize qualitative data by using categories

UNIT 3    Nostalgia Identify and study representative samples in your
Page 27 research
Health and wellbeing
l  Podcast: How to deal with homesickness
Psychology
l  Lecture: Memory and smell

Risky business Notice illustrative examples in arguments, and use

UNIT 4     Risk them to explain your points

Page 37 Anticipate conclusions based on reasons and

evidence you identified in a text
Occupational health
l  Interview: The world's most dangerous jobs
Sociology / Management
l  Seminar discussion: What is acceptable risk?

The urban Recognize logical order to follow lectures and infer

UNIT 5    Sprawl footprint information you missed

Page 47 Evaluate what you hear against chosen criteria

Urban studies
l  Presentation: Cars and cities
Engineering / Urban planning
l  Podcast: Making cities more liveable

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Language development
Notice and study binomials (give
and take, all or nothing etc.) to use
the phrases correctly
Use modal verbs to express different
levels of directness
Speaking
Identify and use intonation
patterns expressing attitude
Review and use phrases for
interrupting others
Prepare and participate in a
meeting about forming a study
group
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Study skills Unit outcomes
Learn how Listen to infer attitude in the context
to effectively of formal and informal conversations
participate in
small groups Listen to identify the stages of a
process
Prepare and contribute to an informal
meeting and discussion

Recognize and use prepositional
verbs
Recognize and use phrasal verbs
Identify the linking /r/ sound Understand Listen to identify key information in
to spot word boundaries and the importance an argument
listen more effectively of critical
thinking skills in Select key information for summaries
Expand and practice phrases professional and and notes
for agreeing and disagreeing everyday life
in formal or informal contexts Plan and take part in a seminar
debate
Plan and take part in a class
debate about games

Notice and practice phrases and Recognize and follow juncture Discuss and Practice organizing data gathered
structures expressing approximation in connected speech explore from texts
techniques for
Use particularizer and exclusive Attribute and identify sources listening to Identify and critique sources of
adverbs to give specific information of information in your extended lectures information in listening and speaking
presentations
Conduct and present a survey and its
Plan, conduct, and present findings
the findings of a survey on
memory

Use nominalization to achieve a
more academic and formal tone
Notice and use phrases and
grammar structures for future
predictions
Identify and recognize word Compare Anticipate conclusions while you
stress in word families and reflect on listen based on reasoning and
your skills and evidence
Change topics, return to attitudes to
earlier points, and stay critical thinking Identify illustrative examples in
with your topic to manage listening
conversations
Prepare and present a risk
Brainstorm, prepare, and assessment for a hypothetical future
present a risk assessment for scenario
one of three scenarios

Recognize and make use of positive
and negative connotations
Notice and study academic verbs to
focus on specific meanings of actions
Notice and use stress patterns
to contrast information
Practice words and phrases
for supporting your proposals
when speaking
Plan and present a proposal
for an urban-related project
Think and talk Listen for the logical order of lectures
about ways of or presentations
recording your
achievements Practice critical listening to evaluate
according to chosen criteria
Prepare and present a project
proposal related to an urban issue

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Foreword
Video Critical thinking skills
Tracing the Critically assess the validity of other speakers’
UNIT 6     Legacy family line sources

Page 57 Notice and study the use of the passive voice in

source citations
Anthropology
l  Lecture: Family food legacies
Design / IT
l  Class discussion: Technology legacies

Infinite Practice distinguishing facts and opinions when you

UNIT 7    Expanse boundaries listen

Page 67 Recognize statements that need justification

Transport studies
l  Podcast: The Trans-Siberian Railway
Sport and travel
l  Talk: Why do people climb mountains?

Shock to the Notice and explore maximizing or exaggerated

UNIT 8    Change system language

Page 77 Recognize and identify implicit assumptions in texts

Zoology
l  Lecture: Metamorphosis—the secrets behind nature's
amazing change
Economy
l  Radio debate: A global tax on changing money?

Volcanic flow Identify counter-arguments to better understand a

UNIT 9    Flow speaker’s stance

Page 87 Use visual aids and diagrams to organize your

Engineering notes and presentations

l  Debate statement: Not worth a dam

Positive psychology
l  Lecture: The concept of flow

The warrior Identify strengths and weaknesses of an argument

UNIT 10     Conflict gene you’re listening to

Page 97 Notice consistency and breaks in patterns in a

speaker’s arguments
Business / Management
l  Talk: Conflict of interest
International Relations
l  Seminar discussion: "The Sporting Spirit"

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 About Skillful Listening & Speaking
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Language development Speaking Study skills Unit outcomes
Create emphasis or stress key Identify and use pauses for Discuss and Listen to assess the validity of a
information by using inversion dramatic emphasis recognize ways speaker’s sources
to identify the
Recognize and explore collocations Explore and practice author’s position Listen to identify source citations
with way techniques used to emphasize in texts
important information Prepare and deliver a three-minute
speech about an influential person
Brainstorm, plan, and deliver
a three-minute speech about
an influential person

Identify and explore attitude Recognize word stress in Compare and talk Listen to distinguish facts from
adverbials (naturally, oddly enough abstract nouns about ways of opinions
etc.) for more effective listening and organizing your
speaking Make suggestions, check personal study Listen to identify statements in need
facts, and ask key questions online of justification
Study and record abstract nouns to negotiate better
Prepare and negotiate a study
Brainstorm, discuss, and program proposal
negotiate plans for a study
program

Review and practice ways of talking Use and notice tonic Distinguish Listen for exaggerated and
about change prominence in intonation between maximizing language
patterns arguments and
Review and identify gradable and disagreements in Listen to identify implicit assumptions
non-gradable adjectives Practice words and phrases academic contexts in texts
for adding points to an
argument Research and take part in an
organized debate
Prepare, plan, and participate
in a debate about digital
change in education

Review and explore irregular plurals
in English
Work with concordance data to
study words in their contexts
Recognize and use intonation
patterns that express
hesitation or doubt
Develop phrases to soften
criticism in discussions
Brainstorm, produce, and
share a promotional message
about water economy
Compare and Listen to distinguish arguments and
discuss techniques counter-arguments
for performing
well on exams Make use of visual aids and
diagrams when listening
Prepare and share a short persuasive
message

Recognize and use hedging and
boosting techniques to manage the
strength of your arguments
Identify and use linkers to join
arguments effectively
Notice catenation and linking Learn to use Listen to recognize strengths and
in connected speech to categorising weaknesses of an argument
identify words properly techniques
to organize Listen for consistent order in
Use reformulating and information for speaker’s contributions and for
monitoring language to check debates and inconsistencies
and manage conflicting reports
statements or positions Prepare and participate in a role-play
exercise based on a conflict
Brainstorm, research, and
perform a conflict-based
role-play

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